The Great Word Catalogue: FUNdamental Activities for Building Vocabulary
by Susan Ohanian
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In her inimitable way, Susan Ohanian offers something new and different to use in the classroom. She brings language to life in this irresistible invitation to investigate vocabulary, to practice and play with words. At once whimsical and functional, The Great Word Catalogue: FUNdamental Activities for Building Vocabularydelivers on its title, showing teachers and students that fundamentals are fun and that fun is fundamental. This book gets students excited about words and teachers excited show more by its endless possibilities for teaching. Students learn how to write riddles based on idioms. They discover the history of dictionaries. They know what the heck a hink pink is. And they have hundreds of potential topics for writing or discussion-everything from flower and food names to the hidden delights in car names and the wonderful, sometimes zany histories of American place names are all here. Teachers have a field day too. The Word Watch, Word Challenge, and Word Puzzler features, the Teaching Tips, and reproducible activities are immediately doable. Filled with word lore to fascinate just about any age, The Great Word Cataloguealso contains important research. Learn about the promises and perils of teaching "context clues" and word affixes. Be aware of specific do's and don'ts for teaching important vocabulary-strengthening strategies. Draw on the "context bank" of items from children's literature for classroom study or discussion. Most of all, use this book to celebrate words every day in every way. Visit www.susanohanian.org Visit Susan Ohanian onlinefor a wealth of information on education issues and to learn more about her. You'll find commentary, cartoons, letters, resources, quotes and a word of the day offering children a provocative way to increase their vocabulary. show lessTags
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Susan Ohanian is a longtime teacher and freelance writer whose articles have appeared in periodicals ranging from the Atlantic and Washington Monthly to Phi Delta Kappan and Language Arts
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- 428.0076 — Language English & Old English languages Standard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics) standard subdivisions and translation standard subdivisions Education, research, related topics
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- PE1449 .O345 — Language and Literature English language English Modern English
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